Market structure in the US electricity industry: A long-term perspective

Energy Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 731-751

  Kamerschen, David R ^a   Klein, Peter G ^b   Porter, David V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c E Minus Energy Trading ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Conjectural variations; Electricity markets; Lerner Index

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; VECTORS;

CONJECTURAL VARIATIONS; ELECTRICITY MARKETS; LERNER INDEX;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; MARKET CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23944454124     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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